I did it! I have earned my bronze boobies! That’s right, I’ve been breastfeeding for 3 months and I love it.  Sure, it was tough in the beginning and has it’s rocky moments, but it’s

It feels great to have a new look and complete redesign of the site.  Thank my dear husband, Brian, for his hard work.  (He did have to listen to me and try to deliver

I think it’s finally here.  I think my babygirl is teething. She’s about 3 months old, which is fairly normal for it to start from what I’ve read.  I just didn’t know what to expect. Yesterday

This message is to all the pumpin’ mamas out there that own a Medela Pump In Style Advanced (metro, shoulder bag, or backpack). I received an email this morning that there is a quality recall.

[Update] I no longer recommend using them.  Once I found out that you don’t actually make $5 for each box you “sell” I wondered where the actual “swap” idea was in their set up.

I really can’t believe that Rissa is 12 weeks old now! I also think it’s weird that she technically isn’t 3 months until January 31st.  I know why and how it works out like

<< Part One Fair warning: This post will be long and may include some less than flowery descriptions of the disgustingly beautiful process that is childbirth.  It also may seem disorganized as it is being

Rissa continues to earn A+s when she goes for her well baby checkups – thank goodness!  That puts my mind at ease, y’know. I mean, I know it’s my job to worry about her more

Wee-ooo, I’ve been working hard this week!  Between caring for Rissy and entering a slew of awesome giveaways, I’ve been plottin’ and plannin’ some redesigning of the site.  Of course, Brian does the hard

When I was little, my mom was a rebate queen.  She collected like nobody’s business and was good at figuring out how to buy things with little out-of-pocket cost and get money and items

Today is my parents’ birthday.  Yep, both of them.  I wonder how old I’ll be before this no longer confuses me to think all parents share their birthday… I know life has changed a lot

I was so excited to finish laundering my new cloth diapers – preparing them for use. I’ve never been so excited about laundry in my life! And I was so excited when they

A few weeks ago I started to contemplate cloth diapering. I briefly considered it while I was pregnant, but had the image of the old fashioned way my parents did it: Bulky cloths Nasty wet

We had quite the adventure going out of town for my gramma’s funeral.  It was the first road trip for Aerissa.  The longest car ride she’s been on so far is about 45 minutes

Some of you may be aware (if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook) that my paternal grandmother passed away yesterday in the wee hours of the morning. I knew her life was coming to

Yesterday, Aerissa discovered her hands.  It was very cool for me to watch her as she did so… She clenched her fist at arm’s length, her eyes fixated on this curious thing.  Her mouth is

Fair warning: This post will be long and may include some less than flowery descriptions of the disgustingly beautiful process that is childbirth.  It also may seem disorganized as it is being written stream

Last night I was gently reminded that I haven’t been posting very much around here.  It should get easier to find a few minutes here and there to put together posts as Rissy’s schedule